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1/30/2013 12:30:36 AM
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so if my brain can trick me into believing something's there when it isn't, when should i trust my senses and when should i not?
answer me that one, science boy.
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You should always trust your senses, provided you're not mentally impaired. If there's nothing wrong with your brain then why shouldn't you trust your senses?
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Edited by Cultmeister: 2/1/2013 1:28:43 PMso if i wake up and there's an orange dinosaur making my breakfast and singing Lady Gaga should i believe that that's what's really happening or should i assume i've become 'mentally impaired'? see, this is my point. mind-altering drugs supposedly give you false perceptions of reality, but if you can't tell the difference between a 'real' and a 'fake' perception, other than by what it is you're perceiving, how are you supposed to know when you're perceiving reality? not all hallucinations are of crazily improbable things, and sometimes crazily improbable things happen IRL.
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How are you supposed to know when you're perceiving reality? I guess you really can't. I mean, if I see a UFO in the sky, I'll wait a while to see if it's just a plane or a helicopter. You can always use logic, but logic doesn't really help you in a situation where everything makes sense except for one thing. Viewing it from your standpoint, I guess you really can't tell the difference ALL the time.
